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LITERARY NOTES.
TIE SroRy on ASsYRIA By Zenstde A RagOzin.
T[x5L Pp. so Cloth q. p. Pptnam's sons,
New York. Stanton & Davenport, Wheeling.
The theory on which the series OF his
tOrieal studies, now in course Of publ
cation by MesErs. G. p. Putnam's Sons,
was founded, seems to be that the details
Of history, however tedious and uninyit-
ing they may appear in the sOmbre garb OF
the old writers, can, after all, be made as
attractive, as fresh, and as captivating as
the best historical romaneesL In the adj
mirable series, which they entitle The
Story Of the Nations we have thus far
the current Of each national life distinctly
indicated, and its picturesque and note
worthy epOehs and episodes presented
in the story form. The people of
each natiOnality-hOw they lived, studied,
wrote, fought amused themselves, and
were g~Oyerned-are brought before US as q
moving picture ofreal life; and IN carrying
out the general plan Of these histories the
NEUROLOGICAL is carefully distinguished
from the authentic, and the whole presents
the facts Of history in the most alluring
garb. The STORY of Assyria" Is n OF
the most valuable and attractive Of the
series Nine. Ragozin, in q style as pleas
ing as her information Is exact, has told
the story Of that wonderful people, from
The rise of the empire 70 the fall Of Nine
yeh. She is at times dramatic, and always
interesting alike to the student and the
casual reader. No writer has presented a
more pleasing picture OF ancient c~iyillza-
ton, or one from which more useful les
sons may he drawn
Is OLE VIRGINIA. Marse Chan, and Other Stor-
ieS By Thomas Nelson Page. Including
Inc Edinburg's DrOVndin'," Meh Lady, Ole
'straeted, y Haid Pawn, - and Polly. Cloth,
limo, sL3. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons. Wheeling: Stanton & Davenport.
A few years ago q young Richmond law
yer published in one OF the magazines a
story OF Virginia life before and during the
war, called "Marse Chan" the strikingly
| valuable qualities of which, both as an
art-Work and as a peculiarly vivid reflec-
| ton, dramatic, tender and pathetic, of a
society that noyelists have tried in vain to
/ picture, were Immediately recognized as
placing the author in the front rank Of de-
lineators of Southern life, character and
scenes. This charming piece Of work,
which was characterized in q recent mag
azine article upon the literary movement
in the South as ''the most exquisite story
of the war that has yet appeared" was
/ followed by other stOries-"Une' Edin-
burg's Drowndin'," the humor of which is
as delicious as the descriptions OF the
Christmas festivities are bright and pic
turesque; Meh Lady, a war story that
strikes a tender chord of feeling; Ole
| Stracted,' mo Haid Pawn" and Polly, |
all Of which are now published in a hand
some volume lclOtb. l2mo, Sl.25L by
| Charles Scribner's Sons, the cover of
which, in rich color. was designed by the
Tiffany Art Company.
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The FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. An Essay by John
=. Baker, LIB of the New York Bar. III
pages. Price. 81. New York. q. 2. Putnam's
sons. Wheeling: Stanton & Davenport.
Mr.. Baker treats OF the development of
the principles of the Federal Constitution
in the colonies. The causes which led to
the Declaration of Independence are dwelt
upon and the history of the adoption Of
the Constitution is given. The character
of the Federal Government Is then ana
lived and the object and relations of its
different departments then given. A very
interesting chapter of the book is on the
causes which may endanger the Federal
Government. An appendix contains the
Constitution with all its amendments and
the judicial decisions pertaining thereto.
The July number of ScTibRer's Magazine
New York contains the following: Bona
parte. Fr~OHtiSpiece. From a miniature by
Frederic Millet, Presented by Napoleon
TO Marshal SOult; The Physical Proper
tions Ofthe Typical Man. ID. A Sargent,
NJ. ID. With illustrations from photo
graphs and diagrams furnished by the au-
thor; A Collection of Unpublished Letters
of Thackeray.-IY. With a reproduction
of letter and drawings. TO be continued
in further numbers The Return to Nature,
Edith NJ. Thomas; Some Illustrations of
Napoleon and his Times-II. John c.
Ropes. With illustrations from the au-
thor's collection; Jemimy Bosom, Philip
Henry; The Common Chord, Ellen Bur
rOughs; A Girls Life Eighty Years Ago.
Selections from the letters Of Eliza
| SOuLOkdlc DO"uc-l. llluSlEducu Will |
portraits and contemporary prints; On an
Old Road, Charles Edwin Markham; \
Great Patience, Edward IaeDeus Steven
son; Seth's Brothers Wife, chapters NXIY-
XIV, Harold Frederic; Silent Sorrow,
Louise Chandler Moulton; French Traits
The Social Instinct, W. C. Brownell; The
Owl, Charles Lotin Hildreth; A PerilOus
IncognitO. Part l. H.. H. Boyesen.
Recent reports in the newspapers con-
corning faith cures and deaths, said to have
been Occasioned by faith-healing or Chris
tian Science dOctoring, render particularly
timely DR.. Buckley's article in the forth
coming Century New York. on "'Chris-
tian Science and 'Mind-Cure.'" DIR.
Buckley is the editor Of the Methodist
ChrididR Adroedts. and the author of the
recent papers in The Century on Faith
Healing and Kindred Phenomena"
Among the curiOsities of the forthcoming
article is a Prayer for a Dyspeptic,"
printed verbatim.
The fiction in the July nu mber Of the
Cosmopolitan, New York, the first num-
Der to be issued in New York, is strong
and interesting. George Parsons Lathrop
contributes a story entitled, Two Sides of
q Story" As is well known, Mr.. Lathrop
is one of the most dramatic OF American
story-tellers, and this story is one of the
best that he has written. "a Hoosier
Capulet" is q humorous story by Mrs.
Angeline Teal. 1t is illustrated by E. W.
Kemble, the well-known artist. "a
Tamara of Petersburg" is q powerful story
from the Russian.